{"id":375205,"date":"2026-01-17T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375205\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:57:09","slug":"super-league-club-make-seventh-off-season-signing-as-international-half-back-joins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375205\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League club make seventh off-season signing as international half-back joins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JC240331_035.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sylvain Houles Toulouse Olympique RFL Championship\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Toulouse Olympique have confirmed the seventh newcomer to their 2026 squad, as the club prepare for their first season in Super League since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Having made the loan signings of Brendan Hands and AJ Wallace permanent deals, the club also brought in Luke Polselli from London Broncos and speedster Mathieu Pons from Oldham.<\/p>\n<p>Henry O\u2019Kane has joined from South Sydney Rabbitohs, whilst Tyler Dupree makes the switch from Wigan on a season-long loan.<\/p>\n<p>Their latest recruit sees them bring in someone that can add both international experience and quality depth to their playmaking options.<\/p>\n<p>Joining from Catalans Dragons, Frenchman Cesar Rouge makes the switch to the Olympians, as he looks to find more minutes on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Signing on a one-year deal, he came through the Dragons pathways, and made his Super League debut in 2021, the same season that Catalans lifted the League Leaders Shield.<\/p>\n<p>Making 56 top flight appearances in total, 15 of those came in 2025, where he scored two tries and kicked four goals.<\/p>\n<p>He has represented France seven times, scoring three tries. One of those caps came in the 2022 World Cup, as they were defeated heavily by Samoa.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his new recruit, Toulouse boss Sylvain Houles said: \u201cAn opportunity presented itself with C\u00e9sar and we seized it very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cC\u00e9sar will complete our squad at halfback and I am very excited to see what he will bring us in our TO colours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rouge added: \u201cVery happy to join Toulouse Olympique and seize this opportunity!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to see my French friends again, meet my new teammates and the fans. I\u2019m eager to start working to defend these new colours. Go Toulouse!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toulouse Olympique have confirmed the seventh newcomer to their 2026 squad, as the club prepare for their first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-375205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}